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Bangkok Post
Bangkok Post
National
ALAN DAWSON

Rule of law

When your main tool is a hammer, the cliche notes well, then after a while, every problem looks like a nail. The general prime minister has wielded a totally personal, custom-made, gold-plated hammer for the past four years, and even has given it a cute nickname.

His "Section Forty-Four Hammer" is so powerful that it can be used for good or for evil.

Last week, the general prime minister saw nails sticking up all over the place. He saw a plea by Titus Suksaard, head of the Rubber Authority of Thailand, to please use Section 44 for good and help raise the price that the subsidy pays for rubber.

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